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John Calipari appeared on "Billions" on Showtime

Drew Franklinby:Drew Franklin•02/13/22•

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Fans of the popular Showtime series “Billions” will see a special guest appearance from John Calipari on Sunday night’s new episode. Titled “Burn Rate,” the fourth episode of season six opens with Calipari speaking about burn rate—the rate at which a company is spending/losing capital—to Mike Price Capital, the fictional firm in the series.

During Calipari’s motivational speech to MPC’s employees, he tells the room, “I’ve had 52 players drafted in the NBA, 35 are in the league right now.” He showed MPC his University of Kentucky national championship ring, too.

One of the show’s main characters, Ben, reacts by telling another main character, Wags, “I’ve never played basketball, but I’d follow this man through the gates of hell.”

When Calipari is done speaking, we learn he was paid $200,000 for the motivational speech (in the show, not the actual appearance) and MPC “hears he is going to donate it to charity.”

Watch Calipari’s $200k speech below.

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